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Mikes seek return to playoffs

Ian McCombs is entering his seventh season as Carmichaels boys basketball coach and would like to see his team return to the playoffs after it fell short of that quest for the second year in a row in 2024-25. "Our goal this season is to compete for a playoff spot," McCombs said. "Our team ...

Lady Falcons hopeful of playoff berth despite Gates’ early departure

Skyler Gates is set to graduate early at Brownsville as she prepares for her collegiate career at the University of Virginia where she'll play on the women's volleyball team. Gates, a 1,000-point scorer for the Lady Falcons girls basketball team, will thus begin the season with Brownsville ...

Falcons’ Hough happy to be coaching at alma mater

Joe Hough is a Brownsville graduate who has already made an imprint at his alma mater as a boys basketball coach. Hough was an assistant under his brother Paul when the starting blocks for a team that would win a WPIAL championship under Pete Logan two years later were placed. Since then ...

Bass has high expectations for Lady Commodores

Frazier's girls basketball team only has a trio of seniors on its roster but that hasn't dampened coach Jonathan Bass's expectations for this season. "I'm expecting good basketball from our team this year," said Bass, who is in his third year of guiding the Lady Commodores. "Fundamentals, ...

Youthful Commodores hoping to make run at playoff spot

Zach Keefer has the same goals for his Frazier boys basketball team every season, no matter who is on his roster or what section the Commodores are playing in. "Just like all teams, we want to compete for a section title and make the playoffs again," said Keefer, who is in his ninth year as ...

Collins takes over as Lady Scotties coach

Having been a coach since 1999, Barry Collins has spent his career working as an assistant under other coaches or as a middle school coach. Hired in May to take over the Southmoreland girls program, he and the team got a late jump together, but he is happy how things have ...